Bristol should scrap its “unachievable” target of building 3,300 new homes each year, according to Labour and Green councillors. The government-set housing target could soon be scrapped by Bristol City Council, in a bid to protect green spaces from development.
Bristol City Council is currently drawing up its new Local Plan, a crucially important document that sets out how many new homes should be built up until 2040, and where huge new housing estates or office blocks, for example, will be built.
Part of the new Local Plan includes finding enough plots of land to meet the city’s housing target. This part is important because if the council doesn’t find enough land, developers get much more freedom to build where they like with less of a say from local politicians and residents.
